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Just as the title says. It’s here (I used the SFW instance for it, just in case).

I’ll list the tools here. Recommendations are in bold from the creators of this thing. Italics are my recommendations if any are missing. Bold italics are for community recommendations that fit a particular category. Some apps are proprietary, but there are a few like that here.

Note: This is a living post, and unless something happens, I’ll keep this one updated with as much information as the community recommends if I missed anything.

Distraction-Free Writing

Writing Organizer/Planner

Novel Editors

Journal Apps

Story Writing Tips/Guides

VN Editors (If one’s into creating VNs)

Novel Plotting / Editing Workspaces

Collaborative Writing / Feedback

Note: Unattributed might want to consider a collab NaNo if that exists

Worldbuilding / Story Writing

Writing Prompts

Interactive Non-Linear Story Creation

User Story Map Generation

Interactive Essay Creation

Script/Screen Writing Tools

Webcomics Templating

Spoken Language Construction Tools

Annotations

Thesis Writing / Note-Taking

All of the above, maybe…

Community Recommendations

Hope this helps.

  • vintage_chamomile@literature.cafe
    2·
    7 days ago

    “How’s the writing going?”

    “Haven’t written anything yet.”

    “What? But you’ve been sitting there for HOURS.”

    “I was setting up my writing space.”

  • brucethemoose@lemmy.world
    1·
    6 days ago

    One thing I’d add is LanguageTool.

    It’s not a writer, but a self hostable spelling/grammar/style checker that’s far superior to default spellcheck.

    A few interfaces support it directly, but you can also run it as a browser extension to get it within many of these tools.

    • Mugita Sokio@lemmy.todayOPEnglish
      2·
      6 days ago

      LanguageTool isn’t as private as Harper is. Harper is local-only, whereas LanguageTool can be self-hosted, but takes more resources than Harper.

      • brucethemoose@lemmy.world
        1·
        6 days ago

        Interesting! I’ve never heard of Harper.

        Looks like it’s faster than LT, albeit with fewer bells and whistles and somewhat less comprehensive checking. And LT doesn’t need a ton of RAM, really.

        There are use cases for both, I think. I’d prefer LT’s more comprehensive checking for creative writing, and Harper for quicker notes (or older machines).

  • brucethemoose@lemmy.world
    1·
    6 days ago

    Oh I totally missed this competition. I would’ve participated if it started now, but November was a bad month for me to do it anyway.

    • Mugita Sokio@lemmy.todayOPEnglish
      2·
      6 days ago

      I had mine already done by the end of the month (Sunday, in fact) after some breaksbin the writing due to heart concerns that got fixed.

  • Unattributed 𓂃✍︎@feddit.onlineMEnglish
    1·
    6 days ago

    Wow - lots and lots here. I think I’ve seen most of these before, but there are some that I haven’t. Worth taking a look through the whole list… Although a quick glance at a few are a bit, suspicious to me,

    A few that could be added:

    • Notion
    • Joplin
    • StandardNotes
    • LyX
    • Emacs
    • Vim / Neovim

    and of course the standards:

    • Microsoft Word
    • LibreOffice
    • Collabora